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Break-even effect

Risk & psychology

The increase in risk taken once a position or a portfolio is below its purchase price, in order to return to it.

In plain terms

The mirror image of the house money effect, produced by the same line — your own purchase price. Above it money feels like the market’s; below it, it feels owed.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya